viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and you are in i'm wolf blitzer, and you are in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com let's open up a new chapter in the gulf oil disaster and now bp and the federal government have decided to extend the integrity test for the new well cap for another 24 hours. for six days it has kept oil from leaking into the gulf and giving experts time to consider a more permanent fix called a static kill which is designed to end the threat once and for all. we go to cnn's david mattingly who is monitoring this from new orleans. david, this new procedure could be risky, though? >> well, wolf, there is no green light yet. bp still drawing up the plans. they still have to pitch it to the unified command, but right now, a lot of positive things being said about this static kill. they would pump mud into the